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Monday, December 27, 2010

Wilted Spinach Salad - Blue Monday

Alert the media! Our Connor, just turned one, is walking and talking. He's also learning how to share - kinda.

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This is one of my favorite salads and, because of its color, it's one that I love to serve with holiday meals. The various components of the salad can be prepared well ahead of time, then tossed together just before serving, making it an easy dish for a busy hostess. The bacon in the salad and the drippings in the dressing makes it appealing to all meat eaters. This is a salad that seems to fall in and out of favor with cooks. Fortunately, it is good enough to be re-invented on a regular basis. I find this salad to be enormously appealing and have been known to prepare a mealsize portion of it when left on my own for dinner. You can, of course, substitute another salad dressing for the bacon and vinegar mixture called for here. Any well flavored vinaigrette will do, but I'm especially fond of the real deal. If you haven't tried this salad, I hope you will give it a try. Here's the recipe.

I agree! This has got to be one of my favorite salads as well. I love the combination of spinach, shrooms and eggs. I like mine with a good olive oil and no vinegar, but that's just me. Oh lord you're making my mouth water!

Doesn't a bit of bacon just do wonders for salads? This looks so tasty and Connor looks so cute! I hope you have a wonderful week, my friend. Many blessings as the new year approaches. Thank you for sharing this delicious salad!

Wilted spinach salad was a special treat growing up--a change from the wedge of iceberg lettuce with thousand island dressing. However, my sisters and I never let that spinach touch our lips. Something we now regret!

I love this salad, look fresh and delicious! aaah! Mary I adore Connor, he is sooooo cute and lovely, I love his smile, his feets! really, I love the kids ate this age, I remember my twins! Huggs gloria

Connor is a little sweetie! Thanks for sharing a few photos of him and your wonderful spinach salad recipe. I make spinach salad at least a few times every month, so it's nice to get a new recipe plus all your links:-)

I love this salad too, and I second that this is a DELICIOUS recipe! I noticed that their super similar version in The America's Test Kitchen (which uses apple cider vinegar instead of the balsamic, and is otherwise the same), does call for the sliced hard boiled egg, so I chuckled that you modified the recipe to add it here. Anyways, this was our favorite of the two versions (we liked the balsamic more than the apple cider vinegar) and an awesome side dish!

Anon - Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen are arms of the same publication. America's Test Kitchen is the televised version of Cook's Illustrated. The version of the recipe I used came from the magazine which I properly credited. It is not surprising the recipes are so similar. I don't think I stepped on any toes here. Mary

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